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Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine
This is your chance to become part of a dedicated team committed to providing care that is patient-centred, safe and clinically effective. However, it won’t just be the health of our patients that will improve when you join us, this will be a move that will benefit you as an individual. Our EM Consultant team use an online self-roster system set several months in advance to optimise flexible working and work-life balance.
Lanarkshire offers the best of both worlds, a quiet county with excellent transport links, putting it half an hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh and within easy travelling distance of all the Central Belt and the Highlands has to offer. With a choice of affordable housing in a wide range of urban and rural locations, you can enjoy an excellent quality of life. All this means you’ll find it easy to leave the challenges of the Emergency Department at work.
NHS Lanarkshire is supportive of applications from individuals with well-developed ideas for improving services and able to demonstrate a commitment to quality improvement, patient safety (including human factors training), Medical Education and Research & Development.
In UHM’s Emergency Department, you will join a forward-thinking, closely integrated team of 17 Consultants delivering extended hours care in a busy department. You will face a demanding case-mix across all age ranges with plenty of scope for dual accredited CCT holders particularly in PEM but also ICM and Acute Medicine. It’s an excellent opportunity for a newly trained consultant or an established consultant looking for a new challenge.
All applicants should have full registration and a license to practice with the GMC.
Join our leading team and you will receive one of the most competitive benefits packages offered by any employer in the UK, including membership of the NHS Pension Scheme.
The job is offered as a full-time post on a 10 PA basis. Applications will be considered from those wishing to work less than full-time.
Proposals for additional SPA time from applicants are encouraged. In addition to the 1 PA for Non-DCC/SPA activities, the Board is supportive of applications for additional SPA time from individuals with well-developed ideas for improving services who are able to demonstrate a commitment to quality improvement, patient safety (including human factors training), Medical Education, Research & Development, acting as an Appraiser, etc. Applicants who are able to demonstrate a commitment to any of the above or other areas and wishing to commence on more than 1 PA for SPA duties should discuss proposals with the identified Recruitment Lead and/or Service Manager who will consider the request in line with the successful candidate’s professional and service requirements.
The University of Glasgow enjoys close links with NHS Lanarkshire, and our medical students benefit greatly from the excellent educational opportunities provided by the board in both primary and secondary care. Those who are or who will be involved in teaching our students, or in any other activity which involves a contribution to teaching, research or scholarship within the University are eligible for honorary status at the University of Glasgow.
Honorary Status Role Holders are entitled to numerous benefits including a University of Glasgow ID card, use of the Library and other facilities, and a University IT account as required for their role. They have access to all courses run by the IT Services on the same basis as members of staff and are also permitted an educational discount when PC equipment is purchased through the IT Services.
Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr Neil Hughes, Clinical lead Neil.Hughes@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
For any application queries, please email medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Interview Date: 22nd January 2026
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